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| The River by Indigo Bunting | 12 Review(s) |
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| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/17/2005 |
| Nice characterizations of the various Fellowship members. You do Frodo's point of view very well, and through him, give us a nice sense of the others. Scary ending! And where's Legolas? What made the wall of water? Author Reply: Hello, daw, and thank you very much for your review! This story actually contains a roving POV. Sam gets the second chapter, and Legolas will appear soon enough. At least I don’t have to be coy about the question regarding the wall of water, which was a flash flood coming downriver. While they were fishing Frodo and Sam noticed that it was raining upstream, although they never expected it to affect them as it did. | |
| Lamiel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/17/2005 |
| This is a well written and entertaining story. I love tales of the early Fellowship, and although you may be partial to the Hobbits I think you do justice to all the characters. Thank you in particular for treading lightly in regards to Legolas and Gimli's bickering -- they may not like each other, but they're both seasoned warriors with a sense of appropriate time and place. Too often their arguments become almost childish in fanfic, and you avoid that trap by treating them with respect as Tolkien's characters deserve. I trust you won't kill Frodo and Sam at this point, but they are going to be awfully cold and wet and quite possibly lost when they get out. And I'm VERY curious as to what kept Legolas from returning -- perhaps there was something following them after all. I'm looking forward to seeing how things develop. Author Reply: Thank you so much for reviewing, and welcome! I especially appreciate your comments about the story being well-written. I always think that a story has to be that before it can be really entertaining; it’s hard to get absorbed in one if there are too many mistakes to catch the eye. Interestingly enough, I’m not especially partial to writing hobbits. Oh, I like them very well, and I greatly enjoy a skillfully written hobbit story, but they don’t come as naturally to me as Elves, Men, or Dwarves do. Frodo is a little easier than Sam, Merry, and Pippin since he’s older and more world-wise than they are (at least at this point in time). And I agree with you about Legolas and Gimli coming off as childish in some works. While some of them are meant to be over-the-top (the ‘pranks gone mad’ stories come to mind), others sometimes take it too far. I also think it’s important to remember that Legolas and Gimli are both guilty of perpetuating the quarrel between Elves and Dwarves. Sometimes one of them comes across as saintly (we all know which one that usually is) while the other plays the role of the lone aggressor. As for Legolas’ tardiness, that will be explained, but not for a few more chapters. | |